The station had a single platform on the up side of the line, which was originally very low, but which was in 1865 partially raised to the NER standard height of 2' 6".

The station offices were incorporated in the stationmaster's house, a two-storey brick building.

The goods yard, mainly on the up side of the line, had up to six sidings which served the coal drops, two warehouses, a cattle dock, and another loading dock, and handled timber traffic.

In the 1950s goods traffic increased due to limestone from nearby Wath quarry being in demand from the steel industry.

The limestone traffic practically ceased by 1960 when the stone was not needed any more for lining the steel furnaces.